To:G. L. SHKLOVSKY

Written:Written after July 18, 1914Published:First published in 1964 inCollected Works, Fifth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 48.

      Sent from Poronin to Berne.

      Printed from the original.Source:Lenin
	  Collected Works,

      Progress Publishers,[1977],

      Moscow,Volume 43,

      pages421b-422a.Translated:Martin Parker and Bernard IsaacsTranscription\Markup:R. CymbalaPublic Domain:Lenin Internet Archive

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DearFriend,

Youno doubt know how the Brussels conference ended? The Polish
opposition went over to the liquidators!

Weare now in for a period of betrayals, but it will not alter
anything.

Obviously,we shall not mess about with a “joint congress”—the
liquidators+Rosa+the Alexinskys+the

Plekhanovs.[1]

Howis Samoilov’s health? Is he really on the mend? Will he be well for
Vienna? (By the way, are you preparingfor Vienna? Answer me at length.) Write me about Samoilov in greatest
possible detail.

Howdid they find his stomach?

Regardsto the family,Yours,Lenin

[1]Leninis referring to the conference called in 1914 by the O.C., theVperyodandYedinstvogroups, the Bund, the Chief
Executive of the Social-Democratic party of the Kingdom of Poland and
Lithuania, the P.P.S. and others.